Cherry Capital in January 2025

72.8%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 272 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 59.2% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 6.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 211 departures with 59.2% leaving on time: a change of +13.6 points, with flights up 29%.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 67.8% of the time (270 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.

On time 59.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 39.3%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from TVC in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	72.8%	59.2%	71.9%	79.3%
Arrived on time	59.2%	56.4%	69.7%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.5%	9.0%	3.7%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.8 min	48.5 min	25.4 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	15	17,992
Scheduled departures	272	211	5,593	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	70	26%	52.9%	28.9 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	55	20%	56.4%	17.8 min	3.6%
YX Republic Airline	46	17%	73.9%	27.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	39	14%	48.7%	20.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	11%	58.1%	16.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	11%	71.0%	3.6 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TVC–ORD	Traverse City to Chicago	136	66.2%	20.9 min	1.5%
TVC–DTW	Traverse City to Detroit	66	53.0%	25.0 min	0.0%
TVC–CLT	Traverse City to Charlotte	31	54.8%	12.4 min	6.5%
TVC–PGD	Traverse City to Punta Gorda	11	18.2%	60.1 min	0.0%
TVC–SFB	Traverse City to Sanford	10	60.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
TVC–FLL	Traverse City to Fort Lauderdale	9	55.6%	0.8 min	0.0%
TVC–PIE	Traverse City to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	6.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.8%	36.2%	2,591
Late-arriving aircraft	25.8%	34.7%	1,868
National Aviation System	31.2%	19.9%	2,262
Extreme weather	7.2%	9.1%	519
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,240 delay minutes on 107 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left TVC on time in January 2025?

72.8% of 272 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 59.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 59.2% of 211 departures left on time and 9.0% were cancelled, against 72.8% and 1.5% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TVC · methodology · corrections.